| Founded | 1872 |
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| Location | Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, and at Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Website | royalcorinthian |
The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club is a watersports organisation based at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.
| Founded | 1872 |
|---|---|
| Location | Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, and at Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Website | royalcorinthian |
The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club is a watersports organisation based at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.
The club was founded at Erith, Kent in 1872 and moved to Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex in 1892. [1] Antecedent clubs later absorbed into the Club include the Hammersmith Sailing Club, which changed its name to the London Sailing Club and moved to Burnham in 1897 (having merged with the Junior Thames Yacht Club in 1895), [2] and the Eastern Yacht Club, which was amalgamated with the Royal Corinthian in 1907. [3] The Club provided the crew for the Endeavour in Thomas Sopwith's America's Cup Challenge in 1934 after a strike of Sopwith's professional crew. [4] Five members of the club crewed the boat Lalage in the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, winning the gold medal in the 6 metre class. [5]
In 1931 Tiny Mitchell became Commodore of the club where he was responsible for completing the new clubhouse at Burnham-on-Crouch. [6] The Grade II* listed building was designed by Joseph Emberton and represented Britain's contribution to the International Exhibition of Modern Architecture held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1932. [7] The building is one of the few examples of the International style of architecture in Britain. [8] [9]
In 1948, the club established a southern branch at Cowes in the clubhouse that still bears its name. It was operated by Rosa Lewis, a hotelier from London to provide a retreat and entertainment for gentlemen visiting the Royal Yacht Squadron. [10] In 1988 the clubhouse was sold to commercial interests. [10] However the buyer went into receivership in 1991. [10] In 1993 the clubhouse was re-purchased from the receiver by a small group of members for the benefit of the club. [10] In 2015, having been run as a separate legal entity under the name Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Cowes, [11] the club that operated from the Cowes clubhouse merged with the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), and adopted the RORC name for the new club, while retaining the Royal Corinthian name for the building. [12]
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